PATTY Maliu Greene loves the environment so much that as soon as she retired as a special education teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii, she got into her small yacht and left Hawaii. Her plan was to visit all the Pacific Island countries. 15,000kilometers later she found herself in the Solomon Islands water – that was in…
THE national government is discouraging nationals and citizens to travel out from the country overseas for a short while then return, because it is high chance for them to bring in COVID-19. Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. Jimmie Rodgers stated this when speaking during the OPMC talk back show on the national broadcaster-SIBC, Sunday. He…
THE Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) is attracting interest from Development partners that are keen to support the scheme. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) Stanley Dick Pirione said donor interest was expressed during a number of consultations last year. According to Pirione, the European Union through UNDP and…
HIGH School placement result for Form 3, Form 5 and Form 6 will likely be released on the first week of February, 2022 should everything go well. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Dr Franco Rodie during a Covid-19 radio talk-back show, Sunday. Dr Rodie…
Arrival of Patrol Boat with local and foreign police causes mixed feelings amongst Malaitans THE arrival of Patrol Boat Taro, in Auki Malaita Province on Saturday night has triggered mixed feelings amongst the Malaita public. Patrol Boat Taro left Honiara on Saturday afternoon and berths at Auki Wharf at around 7pm on Saturday night after…
Firisua calls on athletes to be serious and attend trainings THE country’s long distance runner, Sharon Firisua has called on all athletics athletes still at their respective provinces to return and resume trainings for this year. Ms Firisua made the call yesterday following a low turnout of athletes for Athletics first training session. She highlighted…
THE country’s national men’s football training squad resumed training as of January 3rd at the Lawson Tama stadium. The training is part of the preparation for the Oceania World Cup Qualifiers which will be held in mid-March. Solomon Islands coach Felipe Vega-Arango recently admitted that Group A of the OFC Preliminary competition for the FIFA…
THE Board of the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) has set up a non-bank financial entity, which it says will help its active members borrow against their savings. An advertisement announcing the set up of the newest financial institution in the country appeared in the Solomon Star last Thursday. Curiously, the logo for the…
A young man in his 20s has been arrested after he broke into a Bangladeshi-owned shop and walked away with a huge amount of money including other valuable items. It is estimated that around $14,000 was removed including some items and 10 mobile phones. Gizo Police have arrested the man the same day, he was…
ONLY 20.7percent of the vaccine eligible population above 18 years of age in the country is fully vaccinated. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare highlighted this in his fortnightly nationwide address, last Friday. Mr. Sogavare said to date the country have administered a total of 284,226 COVID-19 vaccines out of 828,654 doses for our target population above…